Mark Zuckerberg's brilliant dating advice for young women is to be the nerd they want to date

Mark Zuckerberg has a simple message for young women everywhere: be the nerd you want to see (or date) in the world.

On Sunday, one matchmaking grandmother tried to flatter the Facebook CEO by writing in a comment on his Facebook page that she always tells her granddaughters to "date the nerd" because he may just become the next Mark Zuckerberg.

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Mark Zuckerberg's brilliant dating advice for young women is to be the nerd they want to date

The Facebook founder announced his daughter Max's birth in a note on the website. (Photo via Facebook)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 24: Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks during his keynote conference as part of the first day of the Mobile World Congress 2014 at the Fira Gran Via complex on February 24, 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. The annual Mobile World Congress hosts some of the world's largest communication companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and gadgets. The show runs from February 24 - February 27. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., right, leaves a meeting with members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Zuckerberg in April announced the formation of an advocacy group, Fwd.us, to push for more visas for skilled immigrant workers. He pressed that cause yesterday in a meeting with Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - SEPTEMBER 11: Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook attends Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 at San Francisco Design Center on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., walks with his wife Priscilla Chan while arriving for a morning session during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Executives from media, finance and politics mingle at the mountain resort between presentations on business trends and social issues, brought together by New York investment banker Herb Allen. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., arrives to a Bloomberg television interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Facebook made further headway in mobile in 2014, a business that has flourished from a minor portion of ad revenue at the time of the company's initial public offering to a majority. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., left, chats with a reporter prior to a Bloomberg television interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Facebook made further headway in mobile in 2014, a business that has flourished from a minor portion of ad revenue at the time of the company's initial public offering to a majority. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks prior to a Bloomberg television interview at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Facebook made further headway in mobile in 2014, a business that has flourished from a minor portion of ad revenue at the time of the company's initial public offering to a majority. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg (L), founder and CEO of Facebook, makes a courtesy call to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at the latter's official residence in Tokyo on October 20, 2014. Zuckerberg is here to attend a Facebook's business event for their partner companies on October 16 as a surprise guest. AFP PHOTO / POOL / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg (L), founder and CEO of Facebook, makes a courtesy call to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at the latter's official residence in Tokyo on October 20, 2014. Zuckerberg is here to attend a Facebook's business event for their partner companies on October 16 as a surprise guest. AFP PHOTO / POOL / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 13: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (R) gives a press conferrence after meeting with Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo on October 13, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mark Zukerberg is visiting Indonesia to attend Internet developers summit and meet heads of goverment. Indonesia is a country that has a population of 240 million and has approximately 60 million active users of social media (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 13: Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo (L) with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (R) at Tanah Abang Market the biggest textile market in South East Asia after meeting on October 13, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mark Zukerberg is visiting Indonesia to attend Internet developers summit and meet heads of goverment. Indonesia is a country that has a population of 240 million and has approximately 60 million active users of social media (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images)

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 13: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (R) gives a press conferrence after meeting with Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo (L) on October 13, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mark Zukerberg is visiting Indonesia to attend Internet developers summit and meet heads of goverment. Indonesia is a country that has a population of 240 million and has approximately 60 million active users of social media (Photo by Oscar Siagian/Getty Images)

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (L) walks with unidentified staff as he arrives for the launch promoting the Internet.org app in Jakarta on October 13, 2014 which allows people in underdeveloped areas to access basic online services. US-based social media Facebook founder Zuckerberg met with Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo. Indonesia, has the fourth-largest number of Facebook users in the world. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo (L) walks next to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg after a meeting in Jakarta on October 13, 2014. US-based social media Facebook founder Zuckerberg held a meeting with Indonesia president-elect Joko Widodo and attended internet.org campaign in his visit to Indonesia, the fourth-largest number of Facebook users in the world. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY (Photo credit should read ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Internet.org summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Zuckerberg said a lack of relevant local language content is the biggest barrier to the 4.4 billion people globally who don't have Internet access. Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Internet.org summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Zuckerberg said a lack of relevant local language content is the biggest barrier to the 4.4 billion people globally who don't have Internet access. Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Internet.org summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. Zuckerberg said a lack of relevant local language content is the biggest barrier to the 4.4 billion people globally who don't have Internet access. Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 10: Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2014 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Many of the world's wealthiest and most powerful businessmen from media, finance, and technology attend the annual week-long conference which is in its 32nd year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc, delivers a speech during a conference at the National Auditorium in Mexico city, on September 5, 2014 in the framework of Telmex foundation's 'Mexico Siglo XXI' forum, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. AFP PHOTO/RONALDO SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

"Even better would be to encourage them to *be* the nerd in their school," he wrote, "so they can be the next successful inventor."

Nerd. Mic. Dropped.

Facebook, like many of its competitors in the tech industry, has offered more transparency in recent years about its internal diversity numbers and expanded its benefits for new parents company-wide. Sheryl Sandberg, Zuckerberg's second-in-command at Facebook, is also aprominent figure pushing to help women advance in the workplace.

On her own Facebook page, the grandmother marveled at the incredible attention to the post — 20,000 Likes and counting on Zuckerberg's response — before noting that she does in fact "encourage" her grandkids "to do well," adding that "I've done everything in my life MYSELF."